Camon
LocationsGeographical Setting
Camon is identified in Judges 10:5 as a settlement associated with the judge Jair and his thirty sons, likely situated in the region of Gilead.
What is the meaning of Camon in the Bible?
Camon is a locality identified in Judges 10:5 as the residence of Jair and his thirty sons, who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities in the land of Gilead.
SIGNIFICANCE
Recognizing Camon clarifies the geographical scope of Jair's judgeship within Gilead, illustrating the decentralized nature of Israelite leadership during the period of the judges and providing context for the territorial distribution of the tribe of Manasseh.
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Built upon the 1915 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia and Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897). Entries have been modernized, checked for academic truthfulness, and shortened for clarity.